Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis after Rugby Tournament, Singapore
- Junda Tan
- Phoebe Lee
- Yingqi Lai
- Pengiran Hishamuddin
- Joanne Tay
- Ai Ling Tan
- Kian Sing Chan
- Raymond Lin
- Donald Tan
- Jeffery Cutter
- Kee Tai Goh
Publication date
September 2013
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
We investigated an outbreak of 47 probable and 6 confirmed cases of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis involving participants of an international rugby tournament in Singapore in April 2012.The mode of transmission was eye contact with soil. Vittaforma corneae was identified in 4 of 6 corneal scrapings and in 1 of 12 soil water samples
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